Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Friday ruled out the prospect of the state facing early assembly polls and asserted the BJP government would complete its full term.
Reports suggesting the state might face assembly elections ahead of its schedule were “incorrect”, he told reporters here. Gowda’s remarks contradicted a claim by his predecessor B S Yeddyurappa who said on May 30 the state was likely to go in for early elections.
The assembly polls are due early next year. The Election Commission can hold polls in a state at least six months ahead of schedule, Gowda said, but “the commission has to tender specific reasons for advancing the election”.
He said there was no con-fusion in the party. Gowda declined to react to developments in Congress triggered by the resignation of Siddaramaiah from the post of Opposition leader.
“It is an internal matter of Congress,” he said.